Page Turn 3D

Page Turn Three D

http://www.digicrafts.com.hk/components/page-turn3d-cs



Taking a break from my website for a minute, i came across this really nice use of 3D using flash. PageTurn 3D is a flash component which allows you to build a book which like a real one. The user can turn the page when reading.

I think its a really intresting use of flash and 3D and just shows the potential of flash for the future. What is really good about it is how the user can interact with the book, Turning the pages like you would with a real book is great. The compent also allows the user to adjust the size of the book/pages increasing accessabilty. The user is also alowed to change the camera angle of how to read the book which is another nice feature.

The down side, This is how people make money with Flash, the website digicrafts sells lots of flash compents. This is alright for big buisness looking for new ways to promote there service/product. But makes it harder for others to learn and use these techniques, also i don't have money to waste on this. So i'll be learning the long way.


Which leads me on to one more point, that there are alot of websites now setup for making compents and then distrubuting them for either a small cost or very expensive. Theres definatly some money in making these compents and alot of the more expensive ones use and have 3D elements to them.

Wonderwall :: Website :: Review

http://wonder-wall.com/#project/en

Wonderwall


Wonderwall is a website set up to display the interior design studio run by Masamichi Katayama. The website is different to how it displays work having a big grid structure stretching the length of the page, and when the mouse hovers over a any image changing its form and playing a water drop sound which gets a bit repative. The structure also remembers the users click history and changes the form, it kind of tilts the grid to an angle its a nice feature but it also messes up the text at the bottom which is abit annoying if you wished to read it, you would have to tilt your head if you really wanted to read it. When a image is clicked on it loads another page giving a description and a link to further information.

I really like the way this website displays the work and like how the formal grid structure changes into a more fluid object when the mouse is present. Very innovative design and keeps the user at the website even if their not reading the content .

lbiatlanta :: Review

http://lbiatlanta.com/

3d interdimensional rotating rings.

I like this website layout and intresting navigation rather than using the mouse like everyother website, the Ibiatlanta has a nice 3d interface navigated by using the arrow keys and the space bar, alot like the controls of some old computer games.

To select a panel by pressing space, then the website loads the panel effectively zooming in on the tower. The website is very easy to navigate and set out very well and quite simple. I like this website because of the 3d aspect and i see more websites like this as the websites evolve and improve and computers get better and have enough memory and fast internet connections to run these websites.

Website Review :: bandit3

http://www.bandit3.com

From the the fwa website i found a pretty awesome website http://www.bandit3.com/. The website is fully 3d, allowing the user to have a freelook around a 3d environment of a inner city area. The website is set up for promoting bandit3 a kite boarding company, however to someone who has no knowledge of kite boarding could maybe make a vague reference to it but thats about it, first it was not clear what the website was about. Through exploreing & later reading the fwa's description of the website it became more clear.

As i explored the 3d inner city space from a street view it took me to videos of more about the company and other information, there are scenes where the user can look freely around the environment and to go to other sections there is a cut scene which automatically takes you there, this is good not to lose the user in the website but bad because it takes away an element of free looking around and exploring the website.

I really liked this website not for the content but for the environment and thinking about it, it probably wouldn't be too hard to use it in other things, like a tourism webste or in a 3d based game. The models seem simple with pasted texture what looked like photos put on to them so i think the concept is quite easy, overall i liked the website.

Identities, All wings report in!

This post is just going to be a summary of my ideas, what they are and where i see them going.

I'll start with my my Logo, which is pretty much completed and i will post it after i have written this in another post.

Avatar:
Is going to be a Crow the bird & hopefully look like the crow which is in my logo only 3D and animate. I have done sketches of this and will start to make it it in 3D Max soon.

3D box/Showcase Room:
Refer to Mood board which has huge text saying "the Jam", i want the box/showcase to be an underground bar (sketches to follow soon!) so if i can the user gets to walk around it and click on indvidual items(virtual objects) in the bar which opens up the other the 5 elements which reflect my personal identity. Or still have the walk around feature and when the user walks to a certain area it could trigger 1 of the elements etc, i'll come to that when i have made the box, those are just the ideas i have got so far.

Audio Visual element:
I was thinking of doing something in flash creating a short movie, have another idea which involves a crow again (i think in the breif it said something about continuetity so i think i got that bit covered) but yeah my idea, starts of with Crow landing on a bin, like they do. Then further on in the movie it starts taking/finding objects out of the bin - the items keep getting stranger & stranger, until i think the crow will find a light saber then another rival bird who has has a light saber conicidence? maybe... But back to the story they end up having a duel thats as far as ive got, i started a story board for it and will post it on my blog soon. <--- thats only 1 idea i may find something better.

2 Other elements which reflect my personal Identity:
Maybe a website, just from the seminars we've had on websites
other than that i'm still thinking about it.

3D Studio Max

3D Studio Max
First attempt